In Bowling King, this sort of training is somehow necessary to be a successful bowler; Details aren't exactly forthcoming as to, like, why (other than bowling being seriously Serious Business), but on his first day of training Shautieh is forced to run for over three hours straight as a warmup. During his return from an expedition, Carla expressed her worry about Keith's activities in the Scout Regiment, and he rudely accused her of being a worthless individual who ingratiated every man she saw by pouring them drinks and that she was too ordinary to ever understand what great deeds were. The famous Shaolin Temple is known to put its initiates through training that most people cannot comprehend. Ten: You'll run or we can do the bee training again! Still under British supervision, a commission was sent to Rhodesia to give advice. After Po refuses to give up and Shifu changes his mind, the training gets less hellish but still rather difficult. It is strongly implied that Firefly's River Tam was put through something like this during her time at the eAcademy, in conjunction with brain-wrecking mental violation. Message: How to contact you: You can leave your Email Address/Discord ID, so that the uploader can reply to your message. The torturous training of new recruits book. We sat in silence as they excitedly shared their successes of the previous academic year. Then Hilarity Ensues as the two masters (who are personally friendly rivals) compete who of them will make his disciple run faster. It was a tall order and much of it would be morphed to fit the African continent. Then there is Pandora. Actually, in the flashbacks, it looks like Shawn wasn't nearly as resentful of his father as one might expect until Shawn's mother left and Shawn mistakenly assumed it was his father's fault.
However, it turns out that, once his amnesia is cured (and his delusions are restored) the training is nearly useless in combat; it conditions the trainee to attack watermelons with extra strength, so it's only dangerous to others if there's a watermelon around to "power up" the trainee. Yoh of Shaman King has to go through this for his entire summer vacation. Did we mention the Char evolution line die if their tail flame goes out? War Games were played in quarantined areas where the population was involved much to the enjoyment of the Rhodesians. Subverted in that Lina wasn't really trying to teach Amelia anything, she was just putting the other girl through the most brutal regimen she could think of in the hopes of making her give up and go away. The torturous training of new recruits starting. At the age of twelve he left her in the ghetto for a month and she was almost raped twice. Several ended their training by killing their masters.
Glass Mask (Garasu no Kamen) contains a few examples from the field of stage acting. Including intentionally showing off that as a Space Marine, his skills are superior; then, that was so that when he told them that he was So Proud of You, it would have more impact. Oh, and she's ten years old. And then, they constantly train every single day for that one mission where they will be needed. One such technique, Deadened Nerves, is apparently taught to a student by beating him until he no longer feels it. RWBY; Chapter 4 has the students launched into the monster-infested forest at high speed (told specifically to expect lethal force from the Grimm and to respond with the same) unsupervised, with the instruction to gain an "artifact" from the temple and return. Usopp: Landed on an island full of man-eating plants which trick giant Sea Kings and other monsters to them. Supercharging Soldiers' Cells. Batgirl III (Cassandra Cain) was brought up under Training From Hell so over-the-top it entered the realm of self-parody at times.
The freeware PC game YGS2000 is more or less Training From Hell for Bullet Hell Shoot'Em Ups. After hearing that Jean wanted to join the Military Police, he gives him a head butt, making him fall down. Although Grisha was suitably impressed with the lives that the Walls' citizens led, Keith insisted that Grisha was wrong to be happy with what humanity had within the Walls, as there was an entire world beyond that they were unable to access. He drilled the 104th thoroughly, evaluated them, and saw them become soldiers. The academy in Mario Tennis: Power Tour has training machines that allow senior and varsity players to gain experience for learning Power Shots. Although there's not a Training From Hell sequence per se, Final Fantasy VIII's Balamb Garden military academy has a "Training Center" which consists of an area where live monsters (including T-Rexes) roam. The Rhodesian SAS: selection & operator training. When Gohan receives his powerup from the Elder Kaiohshin, he has to remain perfectly still for 25 hours. So much, that they re-evaluated what they were doing. His current pupil, an alumnus from another such school, asks for more: When he learns the girls are in danger, he asks Sherbert to crank it Up to Eleven so he can quickly graduate and rush to their help. Deconstructed in Wanted. In Heroes, Peter's training to control his powers under the tutelage of Claude involves him being framed for robbery, beaten repeatedly in the face with a stick, and thrown off a skyscaper to his (temporary) death. It involves climbing a giant mountain in heavy armor, defeating seventy-seven opponents along the way.